Teaser - David McRaney Takes the Self-Care Q&A

Gaslit Nation

Politics, Society & Culture, News

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🗓️ 7 July 2023

⏱️ 7 minutes

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Summary

Science journalist and bestselling author David McRaney, author of the books How Minds Change and You Are Now Less Dumb, takes the Gaslit Nation Self-Care Q&A.

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Gaslit Nation Self-Care Questionnaire

What's a book you think everyone should read and why?
What's a documentary everyone should watch and why?
What's a dramatic film everyone should watch and why?
Who are some historical mentors who inspire you?
What's the best concert you've ever been to?
What are some songs on your playlist for battling the dark forces?
Who or what inspires you to stay engaged and stay in the fight?
What's the best advice you've ever gotten?
What's your favorite place you've ever visited?
What's your favorite work of art and why?

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0:00.0	I came from a very rural, very poor part of the country where most people don't make it
0:12.2	out and if they do, they just make it out to work offshore or something like that.
0:18.2	I had a very close friend who passed away over COVID, not over COVID.
0:24.1	He had a heart attack at age 40.
0:26.9	He was Blake Parker and he was the musical genius.
0:34.9	He told me how to play hooky with the universe.
0:39.5	He was in some other era.
0:44.2	He would have been like a guru or a shaman or something like that.
0:49.1	But he had no place in the modern world.
0:53.1	He should have.
0:55.4	I always think to myself, I made it out of there, but Blake is the one who should have made
0:59.6	it out of there.
1:02.6	When he passed away, his family asked me to do the eulogy and all the rest.
1:09.5	He was in the middle of COVID.
1:11.2	We all just said, if we get it, we get it.
1:16.0	We had this interesting hybrid version of a badness funeral and then what Blake would
1:22.9	have liked.
1:26.7	These days, when I think about following it in or taking half measures or giving into
1:37.3	laziness or whatever, I think about how Blake never got a chance to do any of the things
1:42.8	I'm going to do right now and that inspires me to stay engaged.
1:48.0	What's the best advice you've ever gotten?
1:52.4	I'll see.
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